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The day in photos: Sept. 2, 2014

A plume of smoke rises from the lava eruption on Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Lava fountains danced along a lengthy volcanic fissure near Iceland's subglacial Bardarbunga volcano Sunday, prompting authorities to raise the aviation warning code to the highest level and close the surrounding airspace. The warning was lowered 12 hours later as visibility improved and it was clear that no volcanic ash was detected. (AP Photo/Eggert Johannesson)

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The day in photos: Sept. 2, 2014

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A plume of smoke rises from the lava eruption on Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Lava fountains danced along a lengthy volcanic fissure near Iceland's subglacial Bardarbunga volcano Sunday, prompting authorities to raise the aviation warning code to the highest level and close the surrounding airspace. The warning was lowered 12 hours later as visibility improved and it was clear that no volcanic ash was detected. (AP Photo/Eggert Johannesson)
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A man stands near to a lava eruption on Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Lava fountains danced along a lengthy volcanic fissure near Iceland's subglacial Bardarbunga volcano Sunday, prompting authorities to raise the aviation warning code to the highest level and close the surrounding airspace. The warning was lowered 12 hours later as visibility improved and it was clear that no volcanic ash was detected. (AP Photo/Eggert Johannesson)
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media ahead of the NATO summit in Wales, at the Residence Palace in Brussels, Monday Sept. 1, 2014. Russia and Ukraine will be the top story this week when NATO heads of state attend the NATO summit in Wales, starting Wednesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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A woman helps her son off a horse-drawn carriage at the start of the school day in San Jose de las Lajas, Cuba, Monday, Sept 1, 2014. Monday marks the first day back to class for students across Cuba. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate)
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The driver of a private taxi cab closes the door of his car, with the back seat loaded with his client's TV brought from the U.S., as he leaves the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Cubans braced Monday for a clampdown on the flow of car tires, flat-screen televisions, blue jeans and shampoo in the bags of travelers who haul eye-popping amounts of foreign-bought merchandise to an island where consumer goods are frequently shoddy, scarce and expensive. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Turkish soldiers comprising an honor guard sing the Turkish national anthem during a welcoming ceremony for Turkey's new President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of the ethnically divided Cyprus on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. This is Erdogan's first visit abroad since his election last month. Cyprus was divided in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece. A Turkish Cypriot Declaration of Independence is recognized only by Turkey which maintains 35,000 troops there. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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French President Francois Hollande, right, shakes hand with President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, after a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Bank chief Mario Draghi called in a speech last month for fiscal policies to support growth, a departure from the ECB's implicit support for austerity. No immediate steps were expected but the bank has begun work on a program to buy asset-backed securities. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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Indian homeless sleep covered with blankets near Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. The Jama Masjid is one of India's biggest mosques situated at the busy street of the old quarters of Delhi. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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An Indian laborer loads goods on a bike at Chawri Bazar, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Chawri Bazar, said to be the first wholesale market of old quarters of Delhi, is a specialized wholesale hardware market said to have started in the late 19th century, mostly selling brass, copper and paper products. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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A bee collects pollen in a sunflower field, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, near Lawrence, Kan. The 40-acre field planted annually by the Grinter family draws bees and lovers of sunflowers alike during the weeklong late summer blossoming of the flowers. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Mr. Peabody runs to the finish line in the sixth heat of a dog race Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at Canterbury Park, in Shakopee, Minn. Canterbury Park hosted their annual Labor Day Wiener Dog Wars in which dogs competed in seven races on the horse track for the title of Grand Champion. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jeff Wheeler)
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Walkers cross the five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge during the Labor Day walk, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, during the 57th annual event in Mackinaw City, Mich. Lead by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, thousands cross from the upper peninsula of Michigan to the lower peninsula, the only day pedestrians are allowed on the span. (AP Photo/John L. Russell)
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North Korean commuters wait to board a subway car at a station, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Foreign visitors are usually only allowed to take one to two stops, on Pyongyang's north-south Chollima subway line. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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North Koreans walk in an underground subway station as two trains arrive at the platform, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Foreign visitors are usually only allowed to take one to two stops, on Pyongyang's north-south Chollima subway line. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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North Koreans dine at a the Ongnyugwan, a popular noodle restaurant, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The restaurant, built in 1960 at the instructions of the late leader Kim Il Sung, claims to serve 10,000 lunches a day. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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A North Korean waitress is silhouetted as she pushes a trolley of noodles at the Ongyugwan dining hall of a popular noodle restaurant, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The restaurant, built in 1960 at the instructions of the late leader Kim Il Sung, claims to serve 10,000 lunches a day. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Kenneth Bae, a American tour guide and missionary serving a 15-year sentence, detained in North Korea, speaks to the Associated Press, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea has given foreign media access to three detained Americans who said they have been able to contact their families and watched by officials as they spoke, called for Washington to send a representative to negotiate for their freedom. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Mathew Miller, an American detained in North Korea, waits in a room after speaking to the Associated Press, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea has given foreign media access to three detained Americans who said they have been able to contact their families and watched by officials as they spoke, called for Washington to send a representative to negotiate for their freedom. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Jeffrey Fowle, an American detained in North Korea, speaks to the Associated Press, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea has given foreign media access to three detained Americans who said they have been able to contact their families and watched by officials as they spoke, called for Washington to send a representative to negotiate for their freedom. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Pakistani protesters beat a police officer during a clash in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Anti-government protesters stormed Pakistan's state television building Monday, forcing the channel briefly off the air as they clashed with police and pushed closer to the prime minister's residence. The violence comes as part of the mass demonstrations led by Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri and opposition politician Imran Khan that demand Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resign. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Pakistani protesters hold sticks and chant slogans after intruding the state television building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Anti-government protesters and Pakistani police have clashed once again as the demonstrators pushed into a sprawling government complex in the country's capital in an effort to try to reach the prime minister's official residence. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Pakistani protesters hold sticks and chant slogans after intruding into the state television building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Anti-government protesters and Pakistani police have clashed once again as the demonstrators pushed into a sprawling government complex in the country's capital in an effort to try to reach the prime minister's official residence. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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A supporter of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, headed by former cricket celebrity Imran Khan, waves a party flag outside a state TV headquarters in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Anti-government protesters and Pakistani police have clashed once again as the demonstrators pushed into a sprawling government complex in the country's capital in an effort to try to reach the prime minister's official residence. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Pakistani troops stand guard as supporters of anti-government Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri stage a sit in protest close to Prime Minister's home in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Anti-government protesters and Pakistani police have clashed once again as the demonstrators pushed into a sprawling government complex in the country's capital in an effort to try to reach the prime minister's official residence. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Police carry blocks of seized cocaine as they present it to the press at a police base in Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Police announced that they seized 7.7 metric tons (8.5 tons) of cocaine in the northern town of Trujillo on Aug. 26, and that it's the largest seizure of cocaine in Peru's history. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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People walk on The Boardwalk past the closing Revel Casino Hotel, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J. The most spectacular and costly failure in Atlantic City's 36-year history of casino gambling began to play out Monday when the $2.4 billion Revel Casino Hotel emptied its hotel. Its casino will close early Tuesday morning. Revel is shutting down a little over two years after opening with high hopes of revitalizing Atlantic City's struggling gambling market. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Judge Ismael Moreno, right, in charged of Ashya King case arrives to the National court in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. A critically-ill 5-year-old boy driven to Spain by his parents against doctors' advice is receiving medical treatment for a brain tumor in a Spanish hospital as his parents await extradition to Britain, police said Sunday. Officers received a phone call late Saturday from a hotel east of Malaga advising that a vehicle fitting the description circulated by police was on its premises. Both parents were arrested and the boy, Ashya King, was taken to a hospital, a Spanish police spokesman said. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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A girl walks the stairs of the bomb shelter in Petrovskiy district in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Petrovskiy district of Donetsk is a front line and one of the districts which suffered the most from the artillery fights between Ukrainian army and Pro-Pussian rebels. (AP Photo/Mstislav Chernov)
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A mother and child hide in a bomb shelter in Petrovskiy district in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. The Petrovskiy district of Donetsk is a front line and one of the districts which suffered the most from the artillery fights between Ukrainian army and Pro-Pussian rebels. (AP Photo/Mstislav Chernov)
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In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Diego Armando Maradona presents Pope Francis with an Argentine national soccer team jersey bearing the name Francisco on it, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 ahead of an inter-religious match for peace. The friendly soccer match, supported by Pope Francis to promote the dialogue and peace among different religions, is scheduled at Rome's Olympic stadium later Monday. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
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Diego Armando Maradona presents Pope Francis with an Argentine national soccer team jersey bearing the name Francisco on it, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 ahead of an inter-religious match for peace. The friendly soccer match, supported by Pope Francis to promote the dialogue and peace among different religions, is scheduled at Rome's Olympic stadium later Monday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Diego Armando Maradona presents Pope Francis with an Argentine national soccer team jersey bearing the name Francisco on it, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 ahead of an inter-religious match for peace. The friendly soccer match, supported by Pope Francis to promote the dialogue and peace among different religions, is scheduled at Rome's Olympic stadium later Monday. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, laughs with his children Dante, left, and Chiara while marching in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Colorful floats, elaborate costumes, politicians and merrymakers filled the streets Monday for the annual West Indian Day Parade, a Caribbean celebration and political see-and-be-seen event that was marred by a fatal shooting nearby before the official festivities got underway. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, and his children, Dante, left, and Chiara, second left, and wife, Chirlane McCray, do the "Smackdown" dance move as they march in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Pittsburgh Pirates' Neil Walker hits a two-run double during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, reacts after defeating Aleksandra Krunic, of Serbia, during the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Flavia Pennetta, of Italy, reacts after a shot against Casey Dellacqua, of Australia, during the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A tennis fan watches a doubles match on the Grandstand court during the third round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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The shadow of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, of France, is seen as he returns a shot against Andy Murray, of the United Kingdom, during the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Andy Murray, of the United Kingdom, reacts after a shot against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, of France, during the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Spectators line the top of Louis Armstrong Stadium during the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Serena Williams, of the United States, returns a shot against Kaia Kanepi, of Estonia, during the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Ekaterina Makarova, of Russia, returns a shot against Eugenie Bouchard, of Canada, during the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Jean Segura (9), watches his throw to first base after forcing out Chicago Cubs' Welington Castillo (5), at second base for a double play during the second inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Scooter Gennett watches his throw to first base after forcing out Chicago Cubs' Luis Valbuena at second base during the second inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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St. Louis Cardinals' Jon Jay, bottom, dives safely back to first after a line out by Matt Holliday as Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Ike Davis reaches for the throw during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in St. Louis. The Cardinals won 5-4. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Pittsburgh Pirates' Josh Harrison, left, is tagged out at home by St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina during the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria stretches to tag out Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts (2) at third base on a stolen base attempt during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Making the call is umpire Mike Estabrook. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Mexico's international soccer player Javier Hernandez 'Chicharito', speaks at a press conference during his official presentation at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, after signing for Real Madrid. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Wichita Wild arena football player Kiaree Daniels pulls uphill against a resistance band held by a teammate at Sedgwick County Park in Wichita, Kan., Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. His teammate is pulling against him holding resistance bands while Daniels climbs the hill. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Jaime Green)
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A plume of smoke rises from the lava eruption on Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Lava fountains danced along a lengthy volcanic fissure near Iceland's subglacial Bardarbunga volcano Sunday, prompting authorities to raise the aviation warning code to the highest level and close the surrounding airspace. The warning was lowered 12 hours later as visibility improved and it was clear that no volcanic ash was detected. (AP Photo/Eggert Johannesson)
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